Portable water softener



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INVENTOR v ATTORNEY Patented July 2, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEPORTABLE WATER. SOFTENER William C. Beck, Mattoon, Ill.

Application October 28, 1933, Serial No. 695,688

1 Claim. (Cl. 210--24) This invention relates to water softeners and orreservoir when the latter is placed within the has for the primaryobject the provisionof a seat 3. The base is slightly flared tofacilitate portable device of the above stated character the supportingof the tank or reservoir and aid which will efiiciently and quicklysoften the in preventing tipping of the latter when in use.

5 water taken directly from a hydrant or water The upper end of the tankor reservoir is equipped 5 output and deliver the softened water to anywitha flange 5 apertured to receive bolts or like place desired and isso constructed that the refasteners 6 for securing to the tank orreservoir generation of the chemical of the softener may a removablehead I in which is formed a chamber be easily and quickly accomplishedwithout soil- 8. The head is flanged, as shown at 9, to overlie 19 ingor corroding the device and especially the thefiangeEand is apertured toreceive the bolts l0 exterior thereof and is equipped with means forfasteners S and a suitable gasket I0 is positioned preventing the waterfrom forming a channel or between the head and the flange to preventsingle passage through the chemical and which escape of the contents ofthe tank or reservoir also effectively distributes the incoming water towhile the softener is in use. The chamber 8 is the chemical. incommunication with an intake nipple N form- 35 With these and otherobjects in view this ining an integral part of the head and is designedto vention consists in certain novel features of conconnect with a hosecoupling I! of the female struction, combination and arrangement ofparts type to which an intake hose I3 is connected. to be hereinaftermore fully described and The hose at its free end is equipped with a gclaimed. coupling l4 detachably connected to a fitting I5 For a completeunderstanding of my invenof substantialy L-shape, one branch of whichretion, reference is to be had to the following deceives a gasket "5adapted to frictionally grip scription and accompanying drawings, inwhich the discharge end of a faucet H. The gasket Figure 1 is a sideelevation partly in section may be forced tightly against the faucet bya set illustrating a water softener constructed in acbolt l8 carried bythe fitting l5. 25 cordance with the invention. The head I is providedwith a seat l9 surround- Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating thedeing the chamber 8 and in which is positioned a vice. screen 20overlying the chamber 8 and compel- Figure 3 is a plan view of thedevice with the ling the incoming water from the faucet to pass cover orhead removed illustrating the outlet therethrough and be effectivelydistributed into 30 means. the tank or reservoir over a maximum area ofFigure 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the chemical 2iconfined within the tank or the means of securing the base to the tankor reservoir. The tank or reservoir is substantially reservoir. filledwith the chemical 2!, as shown in Figure 1 Figure 5 is a plan viewillustrating the device of the drawings. with the head or cover removedand showing the An outlet port is located in the wall of the Screen inpositiontank or reservoir adjacent the upper end of the Fi ure 6 is afragmentary sectional v w h latter and below the upper surface of thecheniling the head With a funnel p d thereto for cal and has securedtherein by a packing gland t P p Of regenerating the Chemical o the 22an outlet pipe 23 comprising several sections device. detachablyconnected. The outeror discharge end Figure 7 is a sectional viewshowing the fitting of the outlet pipe 23 is constructed to receive f rs u n t intake hose t any type f the coupling 24 to which a hose 2515connected. faucet. The innermost section of the outlet pipe 23 is of Fiur 8 is a fragmentary sectional v w ll substantially L-shape with theleg portion 26 in H a modified form of Connection between the form of acylindrical foraminous material 21 the fu e a d the headwhich lies inclose proximity to the bottom of Referring in detail to the drawings, ethe tank or reservoir and embedded within the oral I indicates a tank orreservoir of any deh mical 2|, The hose 25 may be of any desired siredshape and prefe a y of Cylindrical form, length so that the softenedwater from the de- 50 as s ow n Figure and is pp d by a revice may bedirected to any place desired. movable base 2. The base has a seat 3 forthe In operation, and when it is desired to obtain lower end of the tankor reservoir and is of the softened water, the faucet I1 is opened andthe split type equipped with a fastening medium 4 water directly fromthe hydrant is admitted to so that the base may be drawn tightly .to thetank the chamber 8 and passes through the screen 20 so that the waterwill be sprayed over the upper surface of the chemical. The water beingunder pressure from the hydrant passes from the chemical into the outletpipe to the hose 25 where it may be directed into any device which mayhave been elected to receive the softened or treated water.

The top-wall of the head 1 is provided with a filling port 21 in whichis formed a seat 28 to receive a suitable gasket. The walls of the portabove the seat 28 are screw threaded to mesh with the screw threads of aplug 29 which is equipped with a handle 30 to facilitatethe removal andapplicat on of the plug to the head.

A device of this character after. use over a period of time, thechemical employed therein must be regenerated by a suitable solution andto permit this operation to be carried out, the plug 29 is removed and afunnel 3| is threaded into engagement with the seat 28 of the port 21 sothat the solution may be easily and conveniently poured or directed intothe head and thence through thetscreen for action on the chemical 2|.The funnel 3| is preferably of a size that will receive the full amountof the solution at onetime which is necessary to bring about theregeneration of the device.

As shown in Figure 8, the filling port may be surrounded by anupstanding externally screw threaded flange 32 and the funnel used inconnection therewith has its discharge neck internally screw threaded toreceive the screw threaded flange 32. When the tunnel of this characteris removed from the head a cap type plug may be employed for closing thefilling port.

A device constructed in accordance with the foregoing may be cheaplymanufactured and consists of a minimum number of parts and is capable ofbeing easily transported from one place to another and will permit theflow of water in a reverse direction through the device by simplyconnecting the hose Hi to the outlet pipe 23. It is desirable at sometime to reverse the flow of water for cleansing purposes and the screen20 will prevent the escape of the chemical 2| during this operation. Theregeneration of the chemical can be easily carried out with minimumeifort on the part of the operator and without danger of spilling theregenerating solution While I have shown and described the preferredembodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes inconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention, as claimed.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A water softener comprising a chemical container having its upper endopen and flanged, a head for the open end of the container and having achamber and a recess to receive the flanged open end of said container,a screen between the chamber and the container and seated against wallsof the recess and the flanged end of said container, said head having a.screw threaded port in communication with the chamber and an inlet toadmit water to said chamber and through the screen to the container tobe distributed over the chemical of the container by said screen, aremovable handle type plug for normally closing the port whereby thelatter may be opened to receive a funnel for directing a rejuvenatingsolution into the chamber and thence onto the chemical of the container,and an outlet pipe extending from the lower portion of the containerWILLIAM c; BECK.

